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Explore our updates on ground-breaking research, student experiences, alumni accomplishments, and other stories from around the AgQuad and beyond.

Grand Challenges students deliver equipment to the Bomberos Tarapoto 71 station in Peru
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Student delivers equipment to Peruvian volunteer firefighters

During a Cornell Dyson School trip, Kiran O’Kelly ’26 befriended a Peruvian firefighter. He spent the next year organizing an equipment delivery.

A student presents his project, CarbonWatch, to a symposium attendee.
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The murky business of clean air: Creating a transparent carbon market

Cornell students in the Dyson School’s SMART program created a dashboard to track and verify carbon market data in Kenya.

Warren Hall at the Dyson School
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Cornell’s Dyson School earns No. 3 place in Poets and Quants ranking

The Dyson School’s composite score awarded by Poets & Quants is 95.38 out of 100, ranking in the top five for career outcomes and admissions standards.

Dyson's AEM 2818 class, led by Sarah Jefferis, meet on the Ag Quad to discuss sustainability through writing.
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CTI grants enable faculty to research how students think and learn

Dyson’s Grand Challenges Program used a CTI grant to focus on shaping students’ thoughts through metacognitive assessment. 

Pete Saltonstall, co-owner of Treleaven Wines, shows previous Dyson students documents.
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Students design a reusable bottle system for local wineries

The proposed pilot program aims to cut operating costs and carbon dioxide emissions for Finger Lakes wineries.

Motoyuki Yoshihara
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Veteran Spotlight: Motoyuki Yoshihara

Dyson veteran and doctoral candidate Motoyuki Yoshihara studies economics through the lens of housing.

Warren Hall spring
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Cornell’s undergraduate business programs earn top 10 national ranking

Cornell SC Johnson College’s undergraduate and graduate programs recently earned top 10 national ranking.

Professor Daniella Scur, Nneoma, and Rev. Sr. Matilda Adeboye of Louisville Girls High School in Nigeria, standing at the front of the room speaking at the Merrill Presidential Scholar luncheon.
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Merrill Scholars Honor Mentors Who Inspired Their Success

Dyson School student Nneoma Udoyeh ’25 honored her high school principal for teaching the value of work routines that lead to success.

Image of master’s students Alexandra Taic (left), Selina Li and Zach Zhong, all principals of Gymii.ai, a new nutrition tracking app, hold up the app and a recent QR code.
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Delicious Innovation: Students Aim to Shake Up the Food System

SC Johnson students have created business ventures ranging from AI nutrition tracking to new exotic dried fruit products.